Benefits of Service Learning

STUDENT

• Makes coursework relevant to their lives (by offering hands-on application of theory, research, and principles of the course discipline)
• Offers career exploration
• Clarifies values, fosters social and personal development, and encourages multicultural awareness
• Develops critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Enables action for the common good

COMMUNITY

• Increased ties between the college and community partners
• Opportunity for community partners to contribute to students’ academic learning experiences
• Opportunity to help foster values of long-term civic engagement in student community members
• Increased awareness of community needs and more willing and prepared community participants
• Access to the skills, time, energy, and talents of interested students and faculty

 UNIVERSITY

•  Contributes to the personal and professional growth of professors/instructors.
• UT Tyler’s goals make a positive impact on the community by providing community service in response to community-identified needs.
• Provides better equipped graduates with core competencies for professional and social development.
• Demands continual re-examination of course curricula in consideration of industry needs.
• Builds a partnership with business, academia, and community agencies.

The University of Texas at Tyler
Office of Student Life & Leadership

Service Learning
3900 University Blvd.
Tyler, Tx 75799

Ph: 903.565.5796
1.800.UT TYLER

E-mail: Carol Killingley